Improvement in door-direotobies



plays a. slate on its inner face, upon which orders can'lp'e imrlzedt they can be t'urned'by a key to sc t thehands.

- requiredmonth can be displayed on the dial.

@sans gram @anni @with I SAAC L.v HAMBURGEROF ALBANY, NEW YORK.`

Letters Patent No. 77,450,'-dated .May 5, 1868.

IMPROVEMNT /IN Doos-DIREGTORIBS.

.dlgs tlgtmle referat vta in tlgest @titers-@taut animating matti tigt samt.

To ALL WHOM 'I r M AY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, Lnwls BURGER; o 'f Springfield, i n the county of Sang'amon, u ndvState of Illinois, have invented a new and improvedDoor-Directory; and I do herehy declare that'the followlng'is a full, clear, and

had to the accompanying.drawingsfformi part of this specification.

Figdrel represents. a front elevation of my invention, showing thedial displayed. Y Figure V2 is a similar view of the same, the' dial beiirgconcealed. i Figure Sis a vertical central section ofv the same, the .planeof section being indicated by tlxclinez, fig. 1. Similar-letters of reference indicate corresponding parte.'

This invention relates to a newindic'atoror director, to-be'atta'ohcd to odi'ceorother doors. Its object is exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled'iin the art' to-make and use the same, referencebeing to indicate, to parties intending to enter'tlle'oice, lwh'etherthe proprietor is in or not, and if not, when he .will

return, and whither he has gone.

The indicatolmay be connected witha letter'-boz',ardholder, and with a slate for orders.

The invention consists in arranging, ivithn a box' that is to be attached to the outside of a door, or near the siam-e, a series of rollers, carrying aprons or marked on their edges, thefa'es of the aprons .or the' figures on the rollers being displayed. tlrrough-holesfin a l The rollers ean-be turned and set from'the'o'ntside, so faste displaya'ny oneoi their marks, and. thns theY date of return, and the place whither th'e'occupant-of. theieej has' gone, can be n lisplayed thrdngh .the dial.

Hands, teilndicate the exact ti'meof return,arealsoarranged pontheial, and can be' set to in dicate-any desired h'ou'ri v f The dial is closed by a hingedeovferyvhen:thetoccupantgjs:in the o ice, and when the cover is opon itdisf A represents a box or case, made offwood," metal; oroltherjsnitable `material, of vany suitable dimensions wise soarranged that it can be thus fixed in positio'g.

and shape. It is provided with an eye, by `means o f 'vvhich it can be attached toa door'or wall,'or i s-Ql;he1

Itsfaoe or front plate, B,"i s provided vwith the twelve hour-marlrsarra'ngedivaicircle .t represeht'a'clocl dial Txvo hands, b and c, are arranged-in the centre of this circle, and are-ttedurpmiV 'af shaft, d, an'd sleeve,

otherwise, with shafts-h and z, `as shown in lig. 3;

e,res pectively, the said shaft and sleeve being connected by belts f and. g respeotively,or .by gearftvlxeels or The front ends of`-the shafts 7i and z project'thron'gh holes nthe front vot" the'oase,-and are 'squared, so that: i

C is an endless apron, fitted over two rollers, J and K,Iand "liehind:ahole inthe dial-plate B. Upon itare -marked the lnames yof the months, end by tal-ning oneof Athe shafteJbrK, by meins 0f 8f key, thenm'e Qf il@ ,'D is asimilar apron, fittedover two rollers, Z and m, andubehind a hole in the'dial-plate B. Upon. thel 'apron Daremarked the figures, 1 to 31,.to indicate the day of month. The'same can be displayedo'n' the dial.

rdisplay the name of any desired day through the hole in'the dial-plate.

F is an apron, tted around two rollers,n and o; Upon it are marked notes,vindicating` whither the fproprietor of the ooe has gone,- such as, Q Goneto-seea patient, or'rothe'r appropriate marks. All the rollers 'or straps `hereinbefo're 'mentioned'lmvetheir hearings in the walls'of `the box A, or in pari titions arranged therein, and they a'reall horizontal.

E is a rller, marked around its/periphery r'rith thenames of darse- V 4Ilteanbetuined'by thejkoy,' s o as to G1 is a cover, hinged taglie box A, so that 'it canvbefn'lded over it, as in iig. 2, to cover-the' dial-plate, as it` can be opened to display the dialfplate.l l'. n the latter oase the inner face of the cover G is displayed. The same is lined with slate, or other suitable material, to allow the ,writing of orders upon the same,--

H is Ve. box, suspended from the lower port of the box A, and' having a slotted front,lto`e.llow tbe insertionl ofletters. Asmull cord-holder, I, can be arrangedin front; also, @pencil-holder, J, as shown in'igs. I1, 2, ond. When ,theproprietor ot` the oce is in, the cover Grirl clmsed-vgi'verl the dial-plete, ns ehoxyn in iigl 2, and only the sign of the firm is displayed on tbe-box, and a. mark Vonthe cover, indicating tlxutflbe o`ceis open. l

When the oce is left, the cover G is folded beclgosV ill iig. 2, and cen be used for marking orders upon 1t.

The various rollers ,and aprons ondhands are set-to indicatethestx'n of'dajand dato when the 'proprietor will return, also the pince Wllther he lios gone.

The dial-plu'te nayif desired, be protected by a. pane of glass, K, as shown.

I elaim as new, und desire to secure by Letters Potentl. `A door-directory, consisting of a box, with perforeted diallfplal'te, A,',und of 4various rollers, aprons, and handls,'to indicate timeand date of return, and other notes, substantially'hs herein shown and described, the rollers; aprons, or hands only being edjstnble', by Ineens ofva suitable key, as described.

2.. The combined cover and slate Gr, when the some is arranged ou-a. doorindicutor, substantially as herein shown and described.' l l 3. -The letter-boi; H, cord-holder I, and peneil-holder.J, when arranged in eombinotion'with the doorindicutor, -all made und operating substantially as und fortlle purpose herein shown und described.

LEWIS BURGER.

Witnesses: v

Amos CAMP, EMANUEL C. HAMBURGHER. 

